Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes
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The 700 U.S. Marines sent to respond to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles will end their deployment, a spokesperson for the Pentagon confirmed to Forbes on Monday—days after the administration began withdrawing National Guard troops deployed for the same purpose.
Organizations are asking people to participate in a 24-hour boycott, to attend rallies in MacArthur Park and downtown LA and support local businesses and street vendors.
SEIU 721 and other labor groups rallied in MacArthur Park and elsewhere in Los Angeles throughout the day on Tuesday.
A California trial challenges Trump's use of U.S. troops in Los Angeles, questioning the legality under the Posse Comitatus Act which restricts military involvement in civilian law enforcement. Governor Gavin Newsom sued,
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‘Trump’s terror campaign’: Protests erupt after man dies fleeing federal agent raid at LA Home Depot
Protests erupted after a man died after being struck by a car on a Los Angeles freeway on Thursday as he fled an immigration raid conducted by federal agents at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
The U.S. government's unprecedented use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to protect officers carrying out President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown was illegal and should be ended, a lawyer for the state of California told a federal judge on Tuesday.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.